Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, Volume 1 |
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Page ix
... translation of the Scriptures , and of useful tracts , into the oriental languages should be encouraged and pursued . Schools should be instituted for the in- struction of the young , more particularly in the know- ledge of the English ...
... translation of the Scriptures , and of useful tracts , into the oriental languages should be encouraged and pursued . Schools should be instituted for the in- struction of the young , more particularly in the know- ledge of the English ...
Page xiii
... translations of the Scriptures into the oriental languages . Missionaries at Serampore . Degree of D. D. from the Uni- versity of Glasgow . pp . 249-276 . CHAP . V. Departure of Dr. Buchanan from Calcutta in May 1806 , on a journey to ...
... translations of the Scriptures into the oriental languages . Missionaries at Serampore . Degree of D. D. from the Uni- versity of Glasgow . pp . 249-276 . CHAP . V. Departure of Dr. Buchanan from Calcutta in May 1806 , on a journey to ...
Page 125
... translating the Bible into the Bengal tongue . This , " like Wickliff's first translation , may prove the father of 66 many versions . " How extensively this anticipation has been realized , it would be unnecessary to interrupt this nar ...
... translating the Bible into the Bengal tongue . This , " like Wickliff's first translation , may prove the father of 66 many versions . " How extensively this anticipation has been realized , it would be unnecessary to interrupt this nar ...
Page 138
... translation of the Scrip- " tures . This is a good work . It will be useful to those Hin- " doos who are somewhat ... translating " the Scriptures . I explained to him , from sources with " which he seemed unacquainted , the plan and ...
... translation of the Scrip- " tures . This is a good work . It will be useful to those Hin- " doos who are somewhat ... translating " the Scriptures . I explained to him , from sources with " which he seemed unacquainted , the plan and ...
Page 150
... translations , and others in composing original works in the oriental tongues . The excitements to exertion in the college of Fort William were of the highest and most effective nature ; and its moral , economical , and religious ...
... translations , and others in composing original works in the oriental tongues . The excitements to exertion in the college of Fort William were of the highest and most effective nature ; and its moral , economical , and religious ...
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Page 509 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 127 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 199 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 234 - ... if any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.
Page 172 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 166 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 519 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 114 - He has fought a good fight ; he has finished his course ; he has kept the faith...
Page 430 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 206 - Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.